The hero of Mark Twain’s Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court was wise enough to install dynamite under the foundation of all the munitions plants and factories he had built. He realized that should there be an uprising against his “new” nineteenth-century ideas, these factories (once so helpful) might be taken over and used against him.

There is wisdom to this approach for the church. Every new building, and every new program ought to have ample dynamite poured into its foundation so that if in the future these things become obstacles to the mission of the church, they can be removed to clear the ground for greater works.